Teaching kindergartners to cook Kkadduki
Written by Bessie on Friday, November 13, 2009 in Korea, Republic of
Feelin' happy
Once a month we have to teach our kindergartners how to cook something. We have 2 hours to teach them how to make something simple like pasta salad or difficult like rice cakes. As a teacher, it's a huge test of patience because the kids get so excited. I've found bribing them with stirring rights generally helps the whole things flow better. Feelin' happy
So what's kkakduki (깍두기) you're wondering? Yeah, it's pronounced cock-dookie. Us teachers were extremely excited about that. Well, it's a kind of kimchi = radish cubes + red pepper spices. In the end it looked like this:
We eat kkakduki at least once a week for lunch.
Cooking this time ended up being loads of fun. Each kid got a cutting board & a big plastic cake knife to cut radishes. They love using the knives. Then I rationed up the ingredients so each of them put in a little bit of the garlic, red pepper powder, and nasty little shrimp. How do you strech a recipe with 4 ingedients into an hour? Uh huh, we all wonder the same thing sometimes.
Here's the cooking in action:
They were working so hard, they probably should have been getting paid.
They each had the important job of 4 mini-shrimps in the bowl.
Each anxious for their turn to stir.
Kyle with his kimchi-loving kids.
With 20 minutes to kill, I let one of my students take some pictures. The rest fought to sit on my lap. :)
Aren't they adorable? Exhausting, but adorable.
Comments on "Teaching kindergartners to cook Kkadduki"
What a bunch of cuties!
Loved, loved, loved the color coordinated chef's hats and aprons! Kyle...you looked smashing! Cultures make for interesting differences. I really laughed at the thought of telling American students that they would be preparing cock-dookie.
It's really amusing the lengths they go to sometimes to do cute things with the kids. They do like being chefs though!
And I had a hard time not laughing sometimes when we were talking about the food...
I think this is the most adorable and colorful blog you have ever posted! You and Kyle look terrific and the students are amazing. Thanks for sharing these happy events!!!
Love to both of you..............
Thanks thanks! We have a great time with those little kids, even if they make us a little nuts sometimes...
From the looks on their HAPPY Faces, you have furnished your little students with a GREAT experience! And it appears that you have mastered the art of Plan-Plan-Overplan to ensure your students' success! LOL Love it!
Every day is a little bit of a roller coaster, but we always have fun. :)
They really are beautiful Bess!
by Melissa at November 23, 2009 09:55 AM